Cigar-mold press



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No. 278,245. Patented May 22,1888.

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No. 278,245. 'Patented May 22,1883..

UNITED STATES PATENT Cerros.

CHARLES P. LESHER, OF LANSING, MICHIGAN.

CIGAR-MOLD PRESS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 278,245, dated May 22,1883.

Application filed August 8, 1582.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES P. LEsHER, of Lansing, in the county ot'Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Presses for Cigar- Molds; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to presses for cigarmolds, the object heilig to provide a device of this character of simple, effective, and durable construction, adapted to`beI readily attached to the under .side of a chair or work bench, whereby the pressing may be accomplished without the necessity ofthe workmen leaving their seats.

The invention consists in combining with a chair or bench a eigarmold press, as hereinafter fully described.

The invention further consists in the details ofconstruction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. t

In the drawings, Figure l represents a perspective View of a chair provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my improved press. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the under side of the table or platen of the press. Fig. 4 represents a perspective view of the frame or casing of the press, and Fig. 5- represents one of the operating-levers detached. v

A represents the frame or easing of the press, consisting of an upper plate, ct, adapted to be rigidly secured to the under side of a seat, and depending arms a are connected at their lower ends by cross-bars c2. At each of the four corners of the frame is formed a bearing, a3. Said bearings receive the fulcrums of the operating-levers of the press.

B represents the bed or platen of the press, provided with lugs b to guide the bed between the arms of the frame. The under side o f said bed or platen, Fig. 3,-is provided near each end with two parallel inclined planes, C C, and stop-lugs D. E E represent parallel ribs or tracks adapted to serve as guides for the rollers of the operating-levers.

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F F represent operating-levers, consisting of divcrging arms upwardly turned and forked to form bearings for an anti-friction shaft, G, carrying rollers g g, the latter heilig adapted to travel upon the inclined planes ofthe platen B.: Each arm ofthe lever F is provided with an outwardly projecting lug or journaLf. These lugs are fulcrumed in the bearings asot' the frame, as before explained.

H H represent thumb-screws projecting through the bottoms of the bearings a3 of the frame, to impinge against the fulcrums ofthe levers for the purpose ot' raising said levers, as may be desired, to press molds of different sizes. i

` The operation of the press as thus described is as follows: The mold containing the bunches is placed upon the platen B, and the levers are drawn up until their short arms pass the center of gravity, when they will be retained by the resistance ofthe mold until released.

It will be observed that by the arrangement of the press beneath a chair, as shown, the workman secures the advantage of his sitting position, and the work is thus greatly facilitated, and the press may be operated with the minimum effort, as the levers project from each side of the seat, where they may be convenienrly grasped by the workman.

Havingfully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

l. The combination, with a workmans seat, of a press for cigar-molds, secured to the under side of said seat, and adapted to be operated by hand, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with a workmans seat, of a press for cigar-molds, secured to the under side of said seat, and provided with operating-levers projecting from either side of the seat within easy reach ot' the workman, substantially as set forth..

3. The combination, with a workmans seat, of a press consisting of va frame secured to the under side ot' the seat, and formed with bear- 9 ings for the fulcrums ot' operating-levers, and a bed or platen arranged within said frame, and hand levers provided with anti.- friction shafts, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the frame, of a bed too 6. The oombination,witl1 the frameprovided f5 with bearings and thumbscrews, of a movable platen, and operating-levers, each consisting` ot' a handle and two diverging arms, and each of said arms having a lug or journal, and forked to receive an anti-friction shaft, substantially zo as set forth.

CHARLES l. LESHER.

Witnesses:

GHAs. C. HoPKINs 0. V. FULLER. 

